Electrically heated comforter



mvENToR gr J. KAPLAN ELECTRICALLY HEATED COMFORTER Filed Nov. 10, 1954April 19, 1955 United States Patent -O ELECTRICALLY HEATED COMFORTERJulius Kaplan, Bronx, N. Y. Application November 10, 1954, Serial No.468,002 3 Claims. (Cl. 219-46) This invention relates to improvements inan electrically heated comforter.

The principal object of the invention is directed to the provision of acomforter having upper and lower unitary sections, each resembling acomforter with the inner portion thereof secured to what may be called aheating layer thereby to form an electrically heated comforter.

According to one novel feature of the invention, the securing of thesections and heating layer is accomplished in such a manner that thesecuring means is not visible as would be the case were the sections andlayer secured together by stitching extending completely through theComponents.

According to another novel feature of the invention, the sections may bemade up separately and have the desired stitching for quilting which maybe alike or different, as may be desired. Also, as the sections areseparate components and are secured together internally, the comforteris more tlulfy than is the case where the stitching extends through allof the superposed layers.

As a further feature of the invention, each of the sections is filledwith synthetic fibers which are lighter and warmer than wool, are aslight if not 'lighter than down, are resilient, do not mat down, and arewashable and non-flammable.

All of the above objects I accomplish by means of such structure andrelative arrangements of parts, as will fully appear by a perusal of thedescription below and by various specic features which will behereinafter set forth.

To the above cited and other ends and with the foregoing and variousother novel features and advantages and other objects of my invention aswill become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, myinvention consists in certain novel features ofL construction and in thecombination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter moreparticularly pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed and more fullydescribed and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of one of the sections of the comforter;

Fig. 2 is a forter;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the heating layer shownin Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a partial sectional View` through the sections of thecomforter to explain how they are secured together; and n Fig. 5 is asmall scale plan view of the comforter.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, the invention will bedescribed.

A section of the comforter is shown in plan in Fig. l wherein an outermember 2 is provided which may be a fabric such as satin or the like. Aninner member 4 may be a loosely woven fabric such as a cheese cloth ortobacco cloth.

A tie strip 6, which may be a tape, cord or the like, is laid on theinner member 4 so as to provide runs thereof, as shown.

Filling, preferably of synthetic fibrous material, is laid over the tiestrip 6 and inner member 4 and the outer member is disposed thereon.

The outer and inner layers, with the llirig therebetween, are quilted,as by stitching as indicated at 8, to secure the components together.The quilting may be plan view of the heating layer of the comarranged toform a predetermined pattern or design, as desired.

Instead of a single plural shorter lengths.

The tie strip or strips are secured in the section at points where thequilting stitching crosses the strip or strips, as indicated by 10. Thelines of quilting stitching are several inches apart, say six or eight,wherefore the tie strip is secured every six or eight inches. The strip,between its points of securement, may be cut so as to provide lengths orends for tying purposes, as will appear.

The section 2 for convenience will be referred to as an upper section.There will be a similar'section called a lower section indicated by 12in Fig. 4. This will have outer and inner members 14 and 16 betweenwhich is filling and a tie strip or strips with stitching for quiltingas described. The components of the lower section will be similar tothose of the upper section.

The upper and lower sections are secured together with the inner membersthereof innermost. Heating means is disposed between the sections and isin the form of suitable wire associated with a heating layer or with theinner member of one of the sections.

In Fig. 2, a heating layer is represented by 20 and a heating wire orelement 22 is secured thereto by passing it back and forth through thelayer so as to provide stretches or runs 24 on opposite sides of thelayer 20.

The layer 20 will be formed from loosely woven fabric which may becheese cloth or the like and it may be provided with holes 26 for thepassage of the wire therethrough if desired or necessary.

The heating element will be arranged in a predetermined pattern such aswill correspond or come within the area of the quilted portion of thesections and will be arranged so -that stitching through the sectionsfor quilting will not injure the wiring.

In assembling the sections, the layer 20 may be disposed between theinner members of the sections but it may be desired to associate thewiring directly with the inner layer of one of the sections as shown inFig. 2.

In lthe latter case, the tie strip or strips of the sections are cutbetween the points of fastening by the quilting stitching. The innermembers being loosely woven and the tie strip being on the inner side oron top of the inner members, this is possible. As the tie strip is cut,ends such as indicated by 30 in Fig. 4, are provided. These are broughtthrough the inner members.

With the inner members disposed on one another, the ends of the tiestrip are tied together thereby 4to secure the sections together. Theremay be as many ends of the tie strip as may be desired and the tying forsecuring the sections together is advantageous in that by untying thetie ends the sections may be separated if desired.

Where a separate heating layer such as 20 is used, it is disposedbetween the inner members of the sections. With the tie strip severed-to provide the ends for tying, those ends from the the inner member ofone section are passed through the member 20 and are tied with the endsof the other section.

With the sections secured by the tie ends in superposed relation,marginal edges thereof are secured by a binding therearound or arestitched as at 34 in Fig. 5.

It may be desired to provide a flap 36 extending from one margin of thecomforter. This will be made from fabric which will not readily slip fortucking beneath the mattress in dressing the bed.

It will be noted that the comforter is formed from a pair of sections,each comprising an outer decorative member and an inner member withfilling therebetween, which members are quilted. Inner members of thesections are secured together by tie members so that they may beseparated if desired.

The heating wiring between the sections is arranged so as to be disposedbetween the sections and within the area of the quilting. The fillingwill consist of synthetic fibers which are light in weight, arenonammable and possess great warmth.

-The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departingfrom the essential characteristics thereof. .Hence, the presentembodiments are therefore to be considered i'n all respects merely asbeing illustrative and length of tie strip 6, there may be not as beingrestrictive, the scope of the invention being indicatedbythe appendedclaims rather than by the fore going description, and all modicationsand variations as fall within .the meaning and purview and range ofequivalencyof the1appended claims are therefore intended to be embracedtherein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

1. An electrically heated comforter comprising, an upper section havingan inner and outer member and filling therebetween and provided withlines of stitching therethrough to form quilting within a certain areathere of, a lower section having an inner and outer member and fillingtherebetween and provided with line of stitching therethrough to formquilting within a certain area thereof, the stitching connecting theinner and outer members of lsaid upper section being of a patternnonconforming with the pattern of stitching connecting the inner andouter members of said lower section and an electrical heating elementsecured to the inner member of one of said sections, said sections beingsecured together by stitching passing through said upper and lowersections without the said certain arcas thereof.

2. The device of claim 1 having tie strips secured to the inner memberof each of said sections to hold said sections in comforter formingrelation.

3. The device of claim 1 having securing means secured to the innermember of each of said sections to hold said sections in comforterforming relation.

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